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UNDERAGED JODIE FOSTER 7:30pm FREAKY FRIDAY –Directed by Gary Nelson playing with... 9:45pm FOXES –Directed by Adrian Lyne (Flashdance)
playing with... 11:59pm BUGSY MALONE – Directed by Alan Parker (Fame)  Containing: Jodie Foster, Scott Baio and a whole lotta kids! Music by Paul Williams. 93min, 1976 You wanna talk about obscure cinema, how about an entire cast of kids, (led by Scott Baio and Jodie Foster!) that re-imagines the early 1920’s gangster story of Bugsy Malone as a down-right musical!? Each and every authentic roaring-twenties costume was specially cut-down for the child actors, while the tommy guns shot custard pies (aka “Splurge guns”). If that’s not bizarre enuff, all of the musical numbers were written and performed by kooky-eyed musician Paul Williams (Phantom of the Paradise)! As the tagline said in 1976, “Quite simply, there’s never ever been a movie like it.” Super rare 35mm print.
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We kick off our Jodie Foster night with a nostalgic time about tomboys growing up too fast and when Disney films were actually funny. One morning, Annabel wakes up to find her-self switched into her mother’s body and vice-versa. As the two experience what it’s like to be in the other’s shoes, Foster proves that she truly was the greatest child actor of our time. (She made this wacky romp in the same year as playing the under-age prostitute in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.) Be prepared for some amazing trailers from your childhood preceeding the movie.
This portrait of four teenage girls growing up in the late-70’s is as poignant and powerful as it was 27 years ago. The film captures that disenchanting moment as you start drifting away from your best friends. For Jeanie (Foster) the drugs, sluffing school, rocking out to your favorite band, even the cute skater boy (Baio), it’s all secondary when it comes to friendships. Problem is, things don’t always work out the way they’re suppose to. This really does rank up there with the most important teen films. Don’t miss this special screening!